I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 227

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The Master began to infuse his sword with mana, just as Seonghyun had done.

As if limits didn’t exist, the amount of mana being drawn into the sword was, as expected, beyond common sense.

However, the Master already knew that Seonghyun’s mana was infinite.

That fact guaranteed one thing.

No matter what, he wouldn’t lose his life to that mana.

To break through Seonghyun’s infinite mana, simply having a large quantity wouldn’t be enough.

There had to be another clever trick, and Seonghyun didn’t think such a trick existed yet.

But that was just Seonghyun’s thought; the Master might have already come up with a method and be putting it into practice, so Seonghyun didn’t let his guard down and focused intently on the Master.

The Master finished infusing mana into the sword in an instant.

The moment Seonghyun noticed the movement of mana, the infusion was already complete.

“Do you know who can call others arrogant?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Exactly as I said.”

“Ha… this Master is particularly long-tongued.”

Seonghyun didn’t know what kind of attack the Master would use, but he already knew that an attack was coming, so he originally intended to prepare as much as possible and counterattack.

However, the way he spoke, as if he really mistook himself for a nobleman from the Middle Ages, was too much to bear.

“It’s a courtesy. Aren’t these things you won’t hear anymore?”

The moment the Master finished speaking, the subtle movement of mana that had gathered in the sword was no longer felt at all.

Whether he was releasing the mana or drawing it back in.

Not only that.

The natural flow of mana that should have been felt in the atmosphere was also gone.

Even Seonghyun’s own mana.

It didn’t take long to figure out what was happening.

Just a moment ago, all senses except for feeling mana had disappeared, and this time, conversely, the sense of feeling mana had completely vanished.

‘Was this what he was aiming for from the start?’

Since mana couldn’t be felt, mana couldn’t be used.

That was an absolute truth that even Seonghyun, with his infinite mana, couldn’t escape.

It was a law that couldn’t be defied unless one became a god.

The Master had been aiming for this from the beginning.

Already, making the five senses disappear was an ability with a value that couldn’t be expressed merely as rare.

If this ability was used first, it was clear that the opponent would naturally think that he was going all out from the start.

The Master’s second ability followed.

Eliminating the sensitivity to mana.

If one came this far without incident, 99 out of 100 would lose their lives.

In a single attack.

If Seonghyun didn’t have the senses and experience related to combat, he would have been busy trying to find out why the mana had disappeared.

And he might have met his end in the meantime.

‘…What kind of attack is it?’

Of course, Seonghyun might be wrong in this judgment, but at least in the current situation, it was definitely the best course of action.

Seonghyun made no effort to figure out why he couldn’t feel mana.

The ability that had become Seonghyun’s last resort, which he hadn’t had much use for until now,

The ability to convert the pain received when healing someone into pure physical ability.

A feeling that was very rare, perhaps even the first time.

Seonghyun completely gave up trying to feel mana and thought as if he had never had mana from the beginning.

Then, he focused on one thing.

On the five senses that had become more than just sensitive, almost hypersensitive, to the sudden change of not being able to feel mana.

If it weren’t for the sword left by the Master of the 5th Door, the handle would have shattered the moment Seonghyun put strength into his hand.

Fortunately, the black sword wrapped in chains endured it, and Seonghyun put even more strength into the hand holding the sword.

‘Hoo…’

The moment when the human race can exert the most explosive power.

The moment when all breathing stops and the oxygen in the body is used purely to move the muscles.

In the first place, the meaning of the word ‘physical ability’ was excessively broad.

Some might simply mean moving the body, but others might mean including strength, stamina, and so on.

And Seonghyun was the latter.

Beyond simply moving the body, he believed he perfectly understood the human body.

The result appeared now.

The pure physical abilities that had been accumulated countless times.

These had not only been known by Seonghyun but had also finished settling to the point where he could feel them instinctively.

Ping.

A clear cracking sound, as if something taut was breaking.

At the same time, mana that had not been felt began to be felt in the opposite direction from where the Master had been.

‘Mana is being felt again?’

Seonghyun was momentarily taken aback because he had expected that he wouldn’t be able to feel mana at all until this attack was over.

But feeling mana meant being able to use mana.

Seonghyun, who had finished all preparations, briefly released the hand holding the sword and tried to release mana towards the huge mana felt from behind.

“I’ve got you.”

But the voice came from the same spot where the Master had been at first.

Making a voice meant that he had definitely seized an opportunity and was confident that the opponent couldn’t respond.

Seonghyun found such confidence from the Master strange.

He couldn’t have forgotten that Seonghyun had infinite mana, so why did he change it so that mana could be felt?

Many thoughts and questions arose, but he couldn’t completely ignore the huge mana flying from right behind him.

Seonghyun finished preparing to release mana of a size as similar as possible to the mana right behind his back, and his body faced the Master.

‘Surely, the real one is here.’

Even though it was an attack containing tremendous mana, the attack from behind was clearly a trick.

Seonghyun raised his sword in accordance with the movements of the Master of the Door, which had reached the limit that Seonghyun could follow with his eyes.

Soon, the moment the two swords touched, no, to be precise, it felt more like he deliberately matched Seonghyun’s sword.

At the same time, the Master’s smile was visible.

It was the kind of smile that Seonghyun had often seen, the smile of someone who was sure of victory.

‘…?’

Seonghyun’s question didn’t come from such a smile from the Master.

It was a question about the feeling of touching the sword.

It was clearly the limit of speed that Seonghyun could follow with his eyes, and it was a perfect entity that couldn’t be seen as a clone.

But, nothing was felt.

As if everything was an illusion.

And then.

The Master in front of Seonghyun disappeared.

And in that place, the huge mana that had definitely been behind him appeared in front of Seonghyun, emitting a fierce energy as if it would swallow him up.

At the same time, the vision disappeared.

And the remaining senses.

In a situation where he could only feel the movement of mana, Seonghyun purely took this huge mana with his body.

“Keuk!”

It was true that Seonghyun had infinite mana, but the ability to operate it and the amount of mana he had were separate things.

No matter who came, they didn’t have the operational ability to match this huge mana in front of him.

That meant Seonghyun was being directly attacked by this mana.

Seonghyun operated the mana not to block the damage but to protect it inside his body in order to minimize the damage.

An operation aimed not at blocking mana but at protecting it.

At that moment, no mana was felt at all.

Neither the mana that had been operated to protect the inside of Seonghyun’s body nor the mana that had come to swallow him up in front of him.

“What…”

But the series of embarrassing situations didn’t end here.

The five senses, which had become sensitive because mana couldn’t be felt, disappeared before they could feel anything else.

The two abilities were used almost simultaneously, so quickly that he felt it was less than a second.

In a short time of less than a second, Seonghyun repeatedly lost mana and lost his five senses.

He realized that the situation was going wrong from the moment the Master’s figure disappeared and the huge mana behind him appeared in front of him at the same time as he lost his five senses.

Why did the Master use his abilities like this?

Seonghyun was no longer curious about what abilities the Master had.

He just focused on why he had created this situation.

Even while thinking about this, the Master would be showing other movements.

Think short, act fast.

Before grasping the intention, what could be inferred from this situation?

‘The mana behind me appeared in front of me, and the Master in front of me disappeared.’

And at the same time, he created a situation where mana could not be felt, making Seonghyun panic.

But if the Master made it impossible to feel mana, he also couldn’t use mana.

However, even if Seonghyun lost his five senses, the boss didn’t lose his five senses.

‘Behind, or in front.’

The Master knew Seonghyun’s abilities.

He mentioned purification, and he also knew that mana was infinite.

But he didn’t mention healing.

This was the most important ability.

The most sure way to beat Seonghyun, who had healing, was to create a situation where he couldn’t use healing.

Now that the five senses are gone.

There was only one way to end it at once.

Piercing the heart.

The front had just been completely erased by using the ability to eliminate mana after the huge mana had taken its place.

In other words, they couldn’t switch positions like they did just now.

Then there was only one answer.

Right behind.

Seonghyun operated mana behind his back and used Summon at the same time.

The strongest person among the believers Seonghyun could summon was Lich [an undead creature often depicted as a powerful sorcerer], but Lich’s ability itself was, unfortunately, not very useful right now, so Seonghyun summoned 1, who he had first used conversion on, behind him.

The purpose of this summon was only one.

It wasn’t to protect Seonghyun’s body, nor was it to block the Master’s attack.

Although it was an existence that wouldn’t disappear, the gap between the Master and 1 was almost as big as the difference between Seonghyun and the magical beast of the 1st Door.

Seonghyun knew better than anyone that the overwhelming difference couldn’t be made up for by just not disappearing.

What Seonghyun was aiming for was only one thing.

A way to take advantage of the fact that the opponent knew him well.

“Yes. That’s it.”

When Seonghyun concentrated mana behind him and a summon suddenly appeared, the Master restored his five senses and turned mana into nothing.

The enormous amount of mana that had gathered disappeared in an instant, and 1, who had been summoned, disappeared helplessly without disappearing.

And already, Seonghyun was prepared.

What Seonghyun wanted was just to buy time for the Master to use his ability one more time.

It was a moment much shorter than snapping a finger, but he wanted nothing else.

The only opportunity that came in a situation where things were only flowing as the Master wanted and intended.

Seonghyun had no intention of missing this opportunity, and he was ready to seize it.